Phantom of the Opera ( Phantom of the Opera ) - British musical on the libretto and the words of Ken Hill . The music is reciprocated from the works of Giuseppe Verdi , Charles Gounod , Jacques Offenbach , Wolfgang Mozart , Karl Weber , Gaetano Donizetti and Arrigo Boyto . This is the first adaptation of the eponymous novel by Gaston Leroux in the musical [1] [2] . The world premiere of the first version of the musical took place on July 26, 1976 .
| "Phantom of the Opera" | |
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| The phantom of the opera | |
 Musical Program Cover (1991) | |
| Music | adaptation: Ken hill |
| The words | Ken hill |
| Libretto | Ken hill |
| Based on | Gaston Leroux's self-titled novel |
| Staging | |
| 1976 Lancaster 1976 Morecambe 1984 Newcastle 1984 London 1985 1st UK Tour 1987 St. Louis 1988 San Francisco 1990 USA Tour 1990 Hawaii Tour 1990 Oslo 1991 2nd UK tour 1991 West End 1991 1st tour in Germany 1992 1st Japan Tour / Philippines Tour 1992 Odense 1993 New Zealand 1993 1st European Tour 1995 2nd tour in Germany 1995 Australia Tour 1996 2nd European Tour 1996 2nd Japan Tour / Korea Tour 1998 3rd tour in Japan 1998 Horchurch 2000 3rd UK tour 2004 Tokyo 2013 Tokyo and Osaka 2018 Tokyo | |
Content
History
The musical "Phantom of the Opera" by Ken Hill was the first musical and stage embodiment of the eponymous novel by Gaston Leroux [1] [2] . This production was a good financial success, and also inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber to create his own musical [3] [4] [5] .
The idea of creating a musical came to Ken Hill after reading a book that he came across in a store. He wrote the script. Work on the project began in Morkama , where the first version of the musical was staged [6] . The music was written by composer Jan Armit . The world premiere of The Phantom of the Opera took place on July 26, 1976 in Lancaster . The production immediately became a hit, but differs from subsequent versions [7] .
In 1984, Hill revived his musical in Newcastle , adding to the score the music that sounded at the end of the 19th century at the Garnier Theater. To do this, he abandoned the modern music of Jan Armit, used in the first version of the production.
Throughout the remainder of the 20th century, the musical was very popular, it is especially worth noting the production of St. Louis in 1987 and the subsequent tour of the USA from 1990-1995, in which the musical visited several 110 cities in America for several years, and also looked to neighboring Mexico and Canada. In 1990, the premiere of the only production of a musical translated into a foreign language took place in Oslo. Also in 1991-92, the musical went to the Shaftesbury Theater in London, which meant that in the same city there were two musicals with the same name “The Phantom of the Opera”.
In the 21st century, mainly all musical productions were in Japan, except for a 2000-2001 UK tour and several amateur productions.
Story
Act I
Act II
Music
Musical numbers
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Official Records
The official studio recording of the musical was released in 1994 on CD by D Sharp Records [8] . The troupe of the West End took part in the recording. The album was later re-released by Stetson Records and BMG . The soundtrack was also released in Japan , Australia and New Zealand .
In December 2013, the first and only official video recording of the musical was recorded in Tokyo. Some artists playing these roles for many years took part in the recording, namely Peter Streiker in the role of the Ghost and Michael Macklin in the role of Faust. The premiere took place on Japanese television on December 31, 2014, the video sequence was accompanied by Japanese subtitles.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Dan R. Goddard . Phantomania strikes San Antonio when the original, 1976 version (November 2, 1990). Date of treatment April 6, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece, the second longest running musical in London . Date of treatment April 6, 2016.
- ↑ A Phantom for the fun of it . "Toronto Star Archives . " Date of treatment April 6, 2016.
- ↑ Phantom mania . "Alaska Dispatch News . " Date of treatment April 6, 2016.
- ↑ There's more than one Phantom . Date of treatment April 6, 2016.
- ↑ Four decades of change in theater . Andrew Mosley . Date of treatment April 6, 2016.
- ↑ Phantom Mania . "Time . " Date of treatment April 6, 2016.
- ↑ The Phantom Of The Opera - 1992 Studio Cast . Date of treatment June 4, 2017.